Design jobs and projects

We are looking for a Design Specialist, Service Design, for a full-time position in a great, global company. In this role you will be working with different functions across the company as well as with our customers and end-users. You will be leading and supporting various kinds of projects using Design Thinking and Service Design methodologies from early concept creation to final implementation and training. You will also be part of the service design capability building in the company including the in-house team and international network of collaborators. You have a strong know-how on design thinking, co-creation and with a fearless challenger attitude.

The client company is a global leader in the elevator, escalator and building doors industry. Joining them means you will be part of a global network of over 43,000 people, working in a culture that fosters innovation and empowers you to make a difference. Their focus is to deliver the best people experience, by making the company a great place to work, and they need exceptional people like you to help them achieve that.

We expect you to have:

· M.A. degree in Service Design or in relevant field

· Minimum experience of 5 years, combined from the following: Experience as Service Designer (hands-on understanding of service design methods, tools and processes), other design related project work

We are looking for a Product Designer with a background of mechanical engineering / industrial design for a full-time position in Helsinki in the company’s R&D department for homeware products.

The company is a globally leading brand in scissors, kitchen utensils and garden tools. Their products are known for their functionality, user-friendliness, longevity and aesthetic appeal. The company strives to make the everyday extraordinary - inventing and crafting solutions that transform daily activities into moments of delight.

We are looking for a contract designer / freelance Interior Architect for a full-time long-term project in the healthcare industry. (Small agency would be fine as well.) The assignment starts as soon as possible and continues at least 6 months, possibly longer.

The client is a global company, an industry leader providing innovative solutions. With leading research, design and innovation capabilities, they partner with the customers to transform the delivery of healthcare.

Project scope is about designing exteriors and interiors for healthcare organisations like hospitals in China. The work is done on-site with the client’s design team and co-created with the end customer.

We are looking for an UX professional with a strong UI design competence for a full-time freelance project, starting immediately and continuing until around Christmas. There's a possibility for a longer-term collaboration, agreed separately by the project needs.

Your role will be to participate as a UX representative in a digital service development. The client company is a global design & strategy firm focused on delivering valuable customer experiences through user research, digital design, and front-end development.

Requirements:

- Senior level expertise in UX/UI design (both visual and interaction design)
- Ability to make design decisions and communicate those to project team
- Strong competence with typical tools/software,
- Preferably Finnish language
- Working collaboration on-site with customer’s team in Helsinki

We are looking for a Product Designer / Industrial Designer for a full-time position to join the diverse group of design professionals in the Company's global Concepts and Design department. The client company is a global leader in the elevator, escalator and building doors industry. Joining them means you will be part of a global network of over 43,000 people, working in a culture that fosters innovation and empowers you to make a difference. Their focus is to deliver the best people experience, by making the company a great place to work, and they need exceptional people like you to help them achieve that. In this role for award winning Concepts and Design team you will be responsible for creating, developing and implementing world class product designs and solutions for various products of the company for different markets around the world.

We are looking for a Design Manager (China R&D) to join the diverse group of design professionals in the Company's global Concepts and Design department. The client company is a global leader in the elevator, escalator and building doors industry. Joining them means you will be part of a global network of over 43,000 people, working in a culture that fosters innovation and empowers you to make a difference. Their focus is to deliver the best people experience, by making the company a great place to work, and they need exceptional people like you to help them achieve that.

In this role you will be leading the China Concept and Design team working with different functions in the company as well as with the customers and end-users. You will be leading and supporting various kinds of projects using Design Thinking from early concept creation to final implementation and training. You will also manage design capability development in the China R&D including the in-house team and external network of collaborators. You have a strong know-how on design management, concept creation and solid experience in implementation with a fearless challenger attitude.

In this position you will have a key role in building a new capability in Company's Concepts and Design department and work in a global team with group of professionals.

We expect you to have:

- M.A. degree in design or in relevant field
- Minimum experience of 8 years, combined from the following:
- Experience as a Design Manager (leading design teams and projects in a cross-functional and international organization)
- Experience as Service, UX or Industrial Designer (Deep understanding of one design field and basic knowledge on other two)
- Experience of running multiple design projects through conception, prototyping, co-creation and implementation phases
- Experience in road mapping, budget creation, resource planning and team leading
- Ability to define strategies and lead competence development
- Excellent communication and convincing skills
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Spoken and written Chinese is a strong plus
- International network from the design field
- Entrepreneurial attitude
- Proactive, resilient and good with handling pressure
- Good facilitation skills
- Experience of working with an international company

We are looking for a Design Specialist, Service Design, for a full-time position in a great, global company. In this role you will be working with different functions across the company as well as with our customers and end-users. You will be leading and supporting various kinds of projects using Design Thinking and Service Design methodologies from early concept creation to final implementation and training. You will also be part of the service design capability building in the company including the in-house team and international network of collaborators. You have a strong know-how on design thinking, co-creation and with a fearless challenger attitude.

The client company is a global leader in the elevator, escalator and building doors industry. Joining them means you will be part of a global network of over 43,000 people, working in a culture that fosters innovation and empowers you to make a difference. Their focus is to deliver the best people experience, by making the company a great place to work, and they need exceptional people like you to help them achieve that.

We expect you to have:

· M.A. degree in Service Design or in relevant field

· Minimum experience of 5 years, combined from the following: Experience as Service Designer (hands-on understanding of service design methods, tools and processes), other design related project work

We are looking UI/UX Designer for a full-time position in Shanghai,China. The role would require collaboration and a cross functional approach within all the areas of design. The collaboration would support the design department activities as planned in the roadmaps. You will be working within the following areas: Interaction design, GUI design, User research and Service design.

The client company is a global leader in the elevator, escalator and building doors industry. Joining them means you will be part of a global network of over 43,000 people, working in a culture that fosters innovation and empowers you to make a difference. Their focus is to deliver the best people experience, by making the company a great place to work, and they need exceptional people like you to help them achieve that.

As User experience is a key player in the market and seen as one of the most important thing to differ in the market, a close collaboration with Service Designers is needed. User experience (UX) focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations. It also takes into account the business goals and objectives of the group managing the project. UX best practices promote improving the quality of the user’s interaction with and perceptions of your product and any related services.

As a Graphical UI Designer in the UX team you will be working with digital product graphics, transition and printed material. UX Design team is part of the Concepts, Design Services and Solutions R&D department. Graphical user interface designer is responsible of maintaining the visual elements and creating amazing graphics in world class visual style. You will be part of Design department in Shanghai with global responsibility. As a team member you will be working together with the Interaction, usability and service designers.

Main responsibilities:

- Support in creating graphical component to projects e.g. icons, visual mockups and animations
- Support R&D projects with UX and visual design
- Support the China Design global approach and to see and report market trends
- Work in close collaboration as a team member of the UX team
- Work in close co-operation with other UX specialists, graphical user interface designers, technology experts as well as other teams

Required:
- Bachelor degree or above in Design, Industrial Design, UI/UX Design. Professionals with degrees in Engineering, Technical or Creative disciplines with strong software development or UI/UX experience will also be considered
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in UI/UX design
- Ability to creatively solve problems
- Good interpersonal and leadership skills
- Excellent Chinese and English communication skills for speaking, reading, and writing
- Self-motivated and able to handle pressure

Appreciated:
- Service design experience
- Customer co-creation experience
- Experience working in cross-functional teams
- Have high energy and possess an innovative mindset
- Customer focused and result driven

The company offers:

The client company is focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where they value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area, and they encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of the culture and the daily practice. They follow ethical business practices and seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, they are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

We are looking for a Usability Specialist for a contract project to help the client to improve an online tool's UI. The client company is a global leader in the elevator, escalator and building doors industry. The task is to improve the usability of a small scale on-line tool. Good usability for means for the client that the UI can be operated without training or a manual. The tool has three user groups, and there are different level of functions for these groups. There is a working prototype already, but the usability could and should be improved.

The estimation schedule for the project is two to four weeks, and it is supposed to be happening during June. It would be important to do the work on site together with other project team members.

Required:
- Experience of UI design (UX design). We expect too see example projects of good usability in the portfolio.
- Chinese language skill is a must. That will be the main working language. Some English is also needed as there’s an English language version of the tool also.
- Minimum 3-4 years of UI/UX design experience

We’re looking for a talented UX/UI Designer with a thing for customer journeys and pixel perfect design. The client is a design-oriented international startup with a demanding target group, and is looking for someone who can make a real difference - someone who can tackle complex tasks and transform them into beautiful, intuitive and easy-to-use designs.

Your main role is to design and develop wireframes, prototypes, sketches and high-fidelity visual designs and work closely with the developer to ensure a high-quality implementation and perfect user experience.

The work can mostly be done in a flexible manner, but requires physical presence in workshops and sprints facilitated by the client. The work will be realized on an hourly-basis and the needs vary as the project moves forward. The company is looking for a long term collaboration.

REQUIRED:
- Exceptional portfolio that showcases your visual and interaction design abilities
- Familiar with user centric design methods and a proven record of designing wireframes, mockups and UI guidelines, and matching user needs to the application
- Solid skills in design tools such as Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator and prototyping tools like InVision
- Experience of designing for both web and mobile applications
- Work experience min. 3 years appreciated
- Fluent English, Finnish is a plus
- Truly passionate about great interface design, always up to date with the newest trends in digital branding and design
- Strong conceptual thinking and ability to think holistically about a product
- Strong attention to detail and usability while converting wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes into visually rich mockups in Illustrator/Photoshop and hi-fidelity prototypes.
- Good communications skills and the ability to explain design decisions are essential
- Highly professional, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedule

The position is filled immediately when a suitable candidate is found, so apply today!